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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HIGH-CLIFF, a seat and a chapelry in Christchurch parish, Hants; on the coast, 2 miles E of Christchurch. The seat is High-Cliff Castle; it succeeded a villa of Lord Bute, the favourite of George III., which fell under encroachment of the sea; and it was itself built by the late Lord Stuart de Rothesay, and is also threatened by seaeucroachment. It has fantastic turrets; and may be called, as to appearance, a compound of castle, abbey, and church. The chapelry was constituted in 1862. Pop., about 400. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £80.* Patron, the Marchioness of Waterford.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Christchurch AP/CP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Highcliffe |
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